POAS is still in the running to win her division. That being the case, Saturday’s $200,000 Forest City Pace would have been the best race for her, but she wasn’t staked to it. Burke nominated Rocklamation and Camille, both of whom were big winners in the elimination round.

It’s understood that there isn’t much around for an aged pacing mare of her stature in November, but the eight hole in a $35,000 F&M open at Yonkers may not do her a whole lot of good. They claim she was tying up prior to the BC Mare preview and the BC open, and that that issue has been resolved.If she’s herself, she’ll crush this field. Royal Cee Cee beat her in the Betsy Ross when Brennan set a ridiculously fast pace for no reason. Sears will give her an efficient steer. He should be able to do whatever he likes with her.

POAS is still in the running to win her division. That being the case, Saturday’s $200,000 Forest City Pace would have been the best race for her, but she wasn’t staked to it. Burke nominated Rocklamation and Camille, both of whom were big winners in the elimination round.

It’s understood that there isn’t much around for an aged pacing mare of her stature in November, but the eight hole in a $35,000 F&M open at Yonkers may not do her a whole lot of good. They claim she was tying up prior to the BC Mare preview and the BC open, and that that issue has been resolved.If she’s herself, she’ll crush this field. Royal Cee Cee beat her in the Betsy Ross when Brennan set a ridiculously fast pace for no reason. Sears will give her an efficient steer. He should be able to do whatever he likes with her.

She didn't really win any stakes races this year....1 at the meadowlands, I don't see how she's in the running to win her division

She didn't really win any stakes races this year....1 at the meadowlands, I don't see how she's in the running to win her division

I guess I should have said, “If her connections still think she has a shot at division honors….. I think the BC fiasco cooked her goose.

On the other hand, POAS has been the perceived queen of the division all year. This week she’s the only aged pacing mare listed in the Hambletonion Society/ Breeders Crown top 25.

She made a couple of starts in the Overbid series in the spring, but those were pretty much tours of the track since she missed all of last year. From that point on POAS was favored in 17 of her 19 starts. She was even money or less in 12 of those. She was favored in the Artiscape, Milton, Roses Are Red, Spring Of Hope and Golden Girls. The bettors recognized her as the top dog all year.As far as stakes wins go, she definitely fell short: she won the Lady Liberty and the Spring Of Hope. She also won six F&M opens. POAS leads the division with 11 wins. She established herself as the fastest aged pacing mare ever.

I think Anndrovette may get the nod off of her wins in the BC, Roses Are Red and Overbid. She leads the money roster right now, but Rocklamation will jump ahead of her if she wins the Forest City. The latter won the Matchmaker, Pride In Progress and Milton. A win in the Forest City will boost her chances.

The thing is that Anndrovette only won 7 of 23 starts this year, and Rocklamation won 7 of 25. Both spent much of the summer bogged down in mediocrity.

Since Anndrovette won the division last year and took the BC she has an edge, but the fact that the voters didn’t see fit to include Anndrovette or Rocklamation in the top 25 tells you something.

I guess I should have said, “If her connections still think she has a shot at division honors….. I think the BC fiasco cooked her goose.

On the other hand, POAS has been the perceived queen of the division all year. This week she’s the only aged pacing mare listed in the Hambletonion Society/ Breeders Crown top 25.

She made a couple of starts in the Overbid series in the spring, but those were pretty much tours of the track since she missed all of last year. From that point on POAS was favored in 17 of her 19 starts. She was even money or less in 12 of those. She was favored in the Artiscape, Milton, Roses Are Red, Spring Of Hope and Golden Girls. The bettors recognized her as the top dog all year.As far as stakes wins go, she definitely fell short: she won the Lady Liberty and the Spring Of Hope. She also won six F&M opens. POAS leads the division with 11 wins. She established herself as the fastest aged pacing mare ever.

I think Anndrovette may get the nod off of her wins in the BC, Roses Are Red and Overbid. She leads the money roster right now, but Rocklamation will jump ahead of her if she wins the Forest City. The latter won the Matchmaker, Pride In Progress and Milton. A win in the Forest City will boost her chances.

The thing is that Anndrovette only won 7 of 23 starts this year, and Rocklamation won 7 of 25. Both spent much of the summer bogged down in mediocrity.

Since Anndrovette won the division last year and took the BC she has an edge, but the fact that the voters didn’t see fit to include Anndrovette or Rocklamation in the top 25 tells you something.

She won more races then those horses because she raced in way more overnights. I think Put On A Show may very well in fact win divisional honors based off the fact that the outspoken owner makes sure an article is written when his horse takes a bowel movement. I think she probably will win but it won't be warranted

I m curious don't larger horse generally have a harder time getting around a smaller track?

Not really. It's more about quality of gait than size of the horse. If they're well gaited, don't hit their knees, ankles, or crossfire, ect they'll probably be alright on a half. I've raced 17-hand behemoths at Freehold with nothing more than a pair of 63" hobbles, neoprene tendon boots and quarter boots (which I pretty much put on everything just for protection from a mis-step regardless of track size). If a horse needs every boot in the book to get around a mile, they're likely going to be a disaster on a half.

POAS was last until they hit the stretch, at which point she moved up to get third. She and the winner—Royal Cee Cee (Brennan)—were co-favorites at 2/1. All of them left pretty good at the start, except for POAS. Sears started to leave but thought better of it. This one was over early for POAS.:27 :56.1 1:23.4 1:52.4

POAS was last until they hit the stretch, at which point she moved up to get third. She and the winner—Royal Cee Cee (Brennan)—were co-favorites at 2/1. All of them left pretty good at the start, except for POAS. Sears started to leave but thought better of it. This one was over early for POAS.:27 :56.1 1:23.4 1:52.4

But for first time on a smaller track it seems she sure raced good I mean my god 152.4 I would think that is very respectable against the boys and shows a lot of cahoneys on her part!